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Description

We are offering for sale this very detailed watercolour by the artist HERBERT PARSONS WEAVER, who has signed the painting in the lower left hand corner and dated it 1932. He has also inscribed it on a label verso as follows 3 The Old Curio Shop Lamballe Herbert P. Weaver RWA. RCA. RBA Hillside House Lyth Hill Shrewsbury. The painting depicts an old Curio shop, with the word Curios in capital letters over the unusual frontage, with its arched stone doorway with square skylights over it. There are stone steps up to the doorway with fluted wooden columns on either side. At the bottom of the steps a woman dressed in local costume in seated on a low chair, sewing. To her right is an assortment of bric-a-brac. Geraniums are flowering in a window box.

Lamballe is a small town in Brittany, France and this painting shows an old curio shop, which is situated just off the Place du Martray in the centre of the town. This building still exists today, as we have found a photograph taken from just inside the door, looking out onto the Place du Martray, on the site of the Mairie of Lamballe.We have also found an old postcard, showing the shop, on google.

HERBERT PARSONS WEAVER was born in Worcester on 26th May 1872 and was educated at the local grammar school. He studied art at the Worcester College of Art, before moving to the Royal College of Art, where he received silver and gold medals. He travelled and worked extensively in France, Italy, particularly Venice, Switzerland and Holland and specialised in architectural paintings in these countries. He moved to Shrewsbury in 1902 and became the Principal of Shrewsbury School of Art for some years. He died on 8th June, 1945. His daughter Lydia Mary (Mrs. Clarke) was also a listed artist.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy (15 works), The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (30), The Paris Salon, The Royal Cambrian Academy (169) Royal Society of British Artists (112) and in the provinces. He was a member of the Liverpool and Manchester Academies of Fine Arts. He was elected a Full Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1909 and was also a Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy and the Royal West of England Academy.

Auction records for prices achieved for his works are available at artprice.com (46), arcadja.com (14), artnet.com (13) and findartinfo.com.

His biographical details are listed in The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of British Artists and The Dictionary of British Artists by Grant M. Waters.

The painting has been newly double mounted to complement and is framed in a 7/8" reeded gilt frame. It is ready to hang.

Medium Watercolours